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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7517271 | Control system for a puppet There is provided a control mechanism for use with a puppet and puppets adapted for control thereby. One or more single-strand, sheathed cables are adapted for imparting motion to at least one movable part of a puppet. Both longitudinal (i.e., in-and-out) and rotary... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7318766 | Doll with stand Embodiments of toy dolls and doll stands are disclosed, in which a user input applied to the doll or stand may generate motion in the stand and/or doll to animate the doll and/or stand. In some embodiments, a users' input motion may be stored in a compression or exp... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7048605 | Bobble head shaker A bobble head doll shaker includes a base and housing and a supporting platform that is hingedly mounted to the housing. A motor drives an agitator that lifts and releases the supporting platform, thereby imparting an oscillating motion to a bobble head doll support... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6827626 | Marionette A marionette having a controller and a puppet. The controller having a pair of control wings pivotably connected at the second end to one end of a control rod. The other end of the control rod is connected to the puppet. The puppet can have a human form with a head,... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6547625 | Toy with movement means The invention relates to the provision of a toy which comprises at least one article which is movable with respect to a play base and objects on the playbase. The article can have at least one part which is movable with respect to the remainder of the art... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6533639 | Toy cargo transfer apparatus Toy figures carry cargo items from one building to another and return without the items to appear to have unloaded the items. This is achieved with an electric motor driving gears connected to two parallel belts moving in opposite directions between the b... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6508688 | Revolving structure for built-up toy A revolving structure for built-up toy mainly includes a flat base having round holes provided thereon, flat gear members separately located above the round holes to mesh with one another, disc-shaped stoppers separately located below the round holes, and... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6409571 | Mechanical biped assembly A mechanical biped assembly (10) consisting of a base assembly (12) which includes a lower section (14) that is hinged to an upper enclosure (28). Attached to the upper enclosure (28) is a biped body (60) consisting of a pelvic enclosure (62) that is supp... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6042446 | Perking turkey paddle A pecking bird toy comprising: a hollow paddle portion, a pecking bird portion and a ball. The hollow paddle portion has a handle and an interior circular raceway. The pecking bird portion is mounted on the top of the hollow handle portion. The pecking bi... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5980357 | Puppet controlled from above Apparatus for animating a figure includes a head pivotably connected to a body, a control rod having a lower end fixed in the head and an upper end pivotable about an axis through a handle, and a second rod suspending the body from the handle remotely fro... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5964638 | Manually actuated figure toy The subject invention is a figure toy which is to be grasped and manipulated by a child. By way of example, the figure toy could comprise a bird. The child can manually maneuver the toy through the air resembling a bird in flight. The child can also depre... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5926990 | Bird decoy movement system A bird decoy movement system for simulating the movement of a bird is described. Some bird decoys are manufactured with legs that pivot at the lower part of the body. These decoys also have a prefabricated opening on the bottom of the body behind the pivo... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5836802 | Interactive figure toy The interactive animated figure toy is formed with few commonly available component parts. Various interesting figures may be selectively formed by stringing a plurality of bead elements together with elastic bands. The figure is mounted on two elongated ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5558555 | Skating doll platform A platform for animating a doll mounted thereon, the platform being provided with a base having a circular well recessed in its underside. Anchored on the base is an upright bearing in which is received a shaft whose upper end projects above the bearing a... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5443188 | System for simulating human gait A system for simulating human gait embodied as a human-like model, for example, a mannequin, a scarecrow and the like depending on the intended application of the system, driven by a driving system along a pair of tracks. The driving system includes rotat... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5304087 | Soft stuffed toy with manually driven head, ears and/or tongue A soft stuffed puppy is carried in a flexible sling with the head of the puppy exposed. The head has animatable ears driven by rotation of the head relative to the body. In addition, a protruding moveable tongue is driven by an actuator which also serves ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5254029 | Articulated assembly for puppets and stuffed toy dolls The articulated assembly consists, on the one hand, of a cross-shaped neck-and shoulder element (1) made of roundwoods (6, 7) which encompasses the neck (2) and shoulder articulations (3, 4) and, on the other hand, of foot articulation elements (31, 32). ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 4992070 | Finger actuated toy figure Am improved manipulative articulated toy figure has rings attached to certain movable limbs and is operated by the fingers of a human hand for reproducing lifelike human or animal movement. The figure has a central body portion and a plurality of limbs mo... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4762513 | Reconfigurable walking toy with gear mechanism A reconfigurable walking toy which may be operated by turning a control knob which activates a gear mechanism within the toy used to move the leg members of the toy in order to simulate a walking action. The toy has two leg members, each having upper and ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4750900 | Quick draw mechanism for figure toy A quick drawing mechanism for use in an animated figure toy having a hollow torso and arm. A push button at the back of the torso is pushed causing a plate with rack to pivot and an arm connector having gears which engage the rack to rotate. Rotation of t... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4723931 | Toy action figure with accessory-attaching capability Various patterns of receptor holes formed in the torso, arms and legs of a plastic toy action figure permit various accessories, also of plastic, having compliant press-in pins to be selectively added to and removed from the toy figure. Additionally, a ro... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4674989 | Figure toy with simulated leg action and pivoted striking element An armed toy creature figure has an axe-like element pivotably mounted along its back, which strikes forwardly when disengaged. The plunger for actuating the striker element is associated with the holder by which the figure is supported on the operator's ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4674988 | Twirling break-dancing toy device A toy for rotating or twirling a doll to simulate break-dancing. A main housing mounts a rotatable shaft having an upper portion that projects outwardly of the housing. A coupling element is secured to the projecting portion of the shaft, which coupling p... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4655725 | Animated figure toy A figure toy having an upper torso with an arm member pivotally coupled to the shoulder portion thereof, the arm member being hollow and including therein a rotatable assembly having a bevel gear at the shoulder area and a connector adjacent the wrist por... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4623318 | Figure with rotatable torso and vertically swinging arms An animated figure toy (10) includes an upper torso (14) provided with a pair of arms (22) articulately mounted for relative movement thereto upward toward the plane of the shoulders by centrifugal force, as the upper torso is rotated relative to a lower ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4595379 | Bottle driven articulated doll A toy doll with arms and legs mounted for pivotal movement relative to the torso in response to rotational movement of a bottle nipple in the doll's mouth. One gear on a rotatable feed tube within the hollow head of the doll engages vertically oriented ra... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4571207 | Exercise toy for doll A simulated exercise apparatus toy having a housing with a seat portion, handlebars, rotatable simulated pedals and a simulated control panel with a window. A manually operated crank is provided with gear members within the housing rotating the pedals and... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4559021 | Poseable doll head A mechanically actuable doll's head (12) is mounted on an angled cut (20) formed in a neck (14) and is supported on a pair of shoulders (16) fixed to a supporting base (18). An actuating mechanism (26) for rotating the head from one side to the other, and... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4536164 | Toy computer busy box assembly A toy computer "busy box" assembly wherein a toy assembly in the form of a simulated computer is provided with hand manipulated actuating members in a keyboard section connected to image producing members in a screen section through systems of gears and l... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4412399 | Juggling toy A juggling toy includes a housing and a movable member movably located on the housing. A portion of the movable member serves as a juggling object. The member moves with respect to the housing such that the object is capable of reciprocally moving in an a... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4407083 | Animated figure amusement device An action-type decorator item comprising a housing having two compartments, the first of the compartments being enclosed by opaque sidewalls for obscuring viewing of the interior thereof and the second of the compartments being encased by transparent wall... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4319427 | Magnet effected advancing toy An apparatus, particularly adapted for use as a toy, advances itself in steps over a ferromagnetic surface utilizing a mechanically actuated structure on which relatively movable permanent magnets and magnet shields are mounted.... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4246723 | Color changeable eyes device for manikin heads The invention concerns a device for selectively changing the colors of the irises for the eyes of store manikins to coordinate the iris colors with the decor of the garniture to be displayed on the manikin and with the color of the hair piece to be placed... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4244138 | Animated action toy bird An animated action toy in the form of a prehistoric bird comprises a hollow body having a head at one end and a tail at the opposite end adapted for use in holding the toy in the hand for manipulation thereof. A pair of flappable wings are mounted on the ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4226045 | Stackable toy A stackable toy comprising a doll having a centrally disposed, vertically movable pin, said pin being recessed within the doll when in retracted position and extending upwardly from the doll when in projected position, a socket being formed within the dol... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4203344 | Musical education toy A musical education game for teaching children to associate each letter name with a staff position and key position includes in exemplary form a keyboard operated array of hammers, each of which on the upstroke will lift or jiggle a corresponding note-rel... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4186518 | Kicking doll with detachable trigger means A doll with an intermittently movable limb, e.g. a leg that kicks when a trigger is pressed in simulation of a soccer player. The doll has a hollow torso and the limb extends from the torso. A toothed rack and at least one gear are mounted in the torso, w... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4161081 | Amusement set An amusement set (for use particularly by children) comprises a carrying case including a pair of mating, hollow housing members pivotally connected along one edge to open and close around a peripheral seam line of each member. Each of the housing members... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4141176 | Posable doll, means for movably mounting same and toy camera In an apparatus for posing a doll, a platform is provided for supporting the legs of a doll and providing relative movement between the so-supported legs, the doll including means for moving the head in response to relative movement of the legs. The movem... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4126961 | Articulated doll An articulated doll which includes a torso portion and a head portion mounted on the top of the torso portion by a universal connection permitting nodding, twisting and universal movement of the head portion relative to the torso portion. A singular manua... | 11/28/1978 |
